Christian Matheson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christian Matheson on 2016-01-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Colombian counterpart to ensure that the Mothers of Soacha are able to keep their relatives’ graves in their current cemetery without incurring financial costs.

Mr Hugo Swire

Any claim in negotiating compensation for the preservation of the graves must be requested directly via the government of Colombia, through the local compensation courts. Her Majesty’s Government is unable to interfere directly in this process.